Suspenders



Sept. 12, E. x ET AL SUSPENDERS Filed Dec. 21, 1952 2 Sheets-Sheet l Sept. 12, 1933. E. 5. MIX El AL SUSPENDERS 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed Dec. 21, 1952 Q Wm 3M 5 m W M Frefirc/T D, Johnson,

Patented Sept. 12, 1933 oFFicE New York a 1 Application December 21,1932 I -Serial No. 648,278

f2 Claims. 01.. 241-19) The invention relates to improvements in suspenders. i 1 V a The object of the present inventionis to improve the construction of suspenders and to pro-i vide simple, practical, eificientand comparatively inexpensive suspenders provided with an all elastic rise backand'inelastic shoulder straps on nected together and having their connected portions-arranged in overlapped relation exposing 0 the shoulder straps at the outerface of the con- I A further object of the invention is to provide suspenders having an-all elastic rise back of a suflicient height to afiord ampleelasticitytothe suspenders and increased freedom of movement without the necessity of employing any; elastic material in the shoulder straps whereby the shoulder straps may be constructed wholly of inelastic material and will be adapted to lend themselves to style features which elastic shoulder straps, because of the Weaveof elastic webbing, 7

cannot receive.

With these and other objects in View, the invention consists in the construction and novel combination and arrangement of parts ,hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings and pointed out in the claims hereto appended, it being understood that various changes in the form, proportion and minor details of construction, within" the scope of the claims, may be resorted to without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

In the'drawings:--

Figure .1 is a front elevation of a pairof sus+ penders constructed in accordance with this invention;

Fig. 2 is a rear elevation of a portion of the suspenders. I V Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional, View on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a transversesectionalview on .the line plate or member illustrating in dot and dash lines the manner of threading the shoulderstraps andthe rise back through the slots of the connecting" member.

In the accompanying drawings in which is il through the'bottom slot 10 from the inner face lustrated the preferred embodiment of the invention the suspenders comprise in their-construction shoulder straps 1,'a rise back 2 and a connecting Iplate or member 3 connecting the V shoulder straps andthe rise back.

The connecting member consists'of a plate of .metal or other suitable material and is composed of a substantially triangular body portionand a laterally'extended base portion 4. The, triangular body portion which is provided 'with a triangular openings is formed by a horizontal top side 6 and downwardly converging sides ,7 connected at their upper ends to the top sides 6 and at their lower ends to the laterally. extending base portion i and formed integral with the same. I The three sides of the triangular body portion are providedwith top and side slots 8 and 9 and the laterally extended base portion 4 is provided with a horizontal slot 10 which is arranged in 7 parallelism with the top slot 8. The top slot 8 is horizontal and the side slots 9 converge-downwardly, as clearly illustrated in Fig. '5 of the drawings.

Theshoulderstraps i consist of a single piece of inelastic material which is folded or doubled to form two sides, is extended at the fold across the inner face of the'connecting member 3, and the sides are passed through the side slots 9 and are extended upwardly and passed through the top slot 8 and are crossed in passing through the topslot and extend upwardly and diverge upwardly, as clearly illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings. This threading of the material of the shoulder straps through the connecting member presents a finished and attractive apface of the connecting member. The sides formed by doubling the elastic material are then passed of the connecting member and the sides or back straps divergedownwardly from the top slot 8 and present a smooth fiat finished appearance at the inner face of the connecting member. The

upper portion of the elastic material of the rise back between the top and bottom of the connecting member overlaps the attached portion of the material of the shoulder straps so that there is a binding action against the elastic material of the rise back, whereby the elastic material oi the-rise back may be simply passed through the top and bottom openings and will be securely retained in proper position owing to the binding action resulting from the frictional engagement of the material of the shoulder straps'and the rise back resulting from the overlapping of the attached portions of the same. The suspenders at the inner and outer faces of the connecting member presents a finished and highly attractive appearance and a ready assembling of the parts means for connecting the shoulder straps to the rise back, is effected. The method of threading or passing the material of the shoulder straps and the material of the rise back throughtthe slots of the connecting member is clearly indicated by the dot and dash lines a and b in Fig. 6 of the drawings.

The rise back is provided at the lower ends of the sides with button holes 11 preferably formed by tabs 12 or reinforcing pieces of leather or any other suitable material, and the front ends of the shoulder straps are provided with suspender ends 13 of the ordinary constructon. The rise back which is relatively long is' approximately 10 inches inheight and constitutes substantially 30% to 35% of the entire suspenders,

vwhereas with the ordinary suspenders the elastic material of the rise back is only about 4 inches in length and such elastic material is approximately 15% or 16% of the material of the suspenders. By providing an all elastic rise back the suspenders are afforded ample elasticity and greater freedom of movement than heretofore and the shoulder straps may be made wholly of inelastic material without affecting perfect comfort of the wearer. Also by making the shoulder straps wholly of non-elastic material they may be ornamented with style features impossible with elastic shoulder straps because of the'weave of the elastic material. a

What is claimed is:

l. Suspenders comprising shoulder straps consisting of a single piece of material, a rise back consisting of a single piece of material doubled through the side slots thereof and through the top slot of the same, and the material of the rise back being passed through the top slot and of the suspenders without any stitching asthe] the bottom slot of the" connecting member and arranged in overlapping relation, the attached portion of the shoulder straps forming a finished appearance atone face of the connecting member and the attached portion of the rise back presenting a finished appearance at the other face of the connecting member.

2. Suspenders comprising shoulder straps consisting of a single piece of material, a rise back consisting of a single piece of material doubled to form two sides, and a connecting member composed of an approximately triangular body portion having top and side slots and a base porarranged in overlapping relation, the attached portion of the shoulder straps forming a finished appearance at one face of the connecting member and the attached portion of the rise back presenting a finished appearance at the other face of the connecting member, said overlapped'portions of the shoulder straps and rise back having a tight frictional engagement with each other, whereby a binding and clamping action is produced on the rise back to prevent the latter from.

slipping'throughthe top and bottom slots and maintain the rise back firmly'in position. 

